This course surveys Asian art and architecture from the earliest civilizations to the present day through several themes. It focuses more on the arts and monuments from China, Japan, and India but also introduces those from Korea and Southeast Asia. We will study how artistic traditions transmit and develop in distinctive yet interconnected societies in Asia, as well as how those traditions interact with specific political, religious, social, and cultural contexts in which they grow. Issues investigated include (but are not limited to): the spread and metamorphosis of Buddhist art, the artistic exchanges between the “East” and the “West” (and the formations of the ideas of the “East” and the “West”), the production and consumption of art as related to various forms of power such as political authority, social hierarchy, and gender, and the “Asian-ness” in the contemporary world. Prerequisite: None.
Art (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2022)
ART-SHU 180-000 (23806)09/05/2022 – 12/16/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Kong, Hyoungee